Journeys to health services in Great Britain: An analysis of changing travel patterns 1985-2006

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-285

  Hine, Julian ^a   Kamruzzaman, Md ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Distance decay; Geographic access; Health services utilisation; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; MOBILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856577009     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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